Best phones of CES 2011: Editor's Pick

0.phoneArena
07 Jan 2011, 20:42posted on

CES has just officially begun yesterday and it will run for two more days, but it seems that all important announcements have already been made. Let's wrap up what we have seen so far and see who is winning and who is losing in the smartphone race...

WHAT THE HELL NOKIA, WERE ARE ALL THE NEW PHONES AT, WERE IS THE N9 WITH MEEGO, COME ON NOIKA STEP YOUR GAME UP AND FLEX YOUR POWER HOUSE MUSCLE WITH THE LONG AWAITED MEEGO PLATFORM AND PUT ALL THESE OTHER OS PLATFORMS TO SHAME........

I tried to give nokia a chance. I waited. Patiently. What did i get? A bunch low end smartphones, promise for better devices (haha to that) and an underpowered unspectacular n8. Needless to say, i left and got a samsung captivate and i have not regreted the desicion once

28.rdearth53 (unregistered)

38.Phonesareme (unregistered)

Really? Check out the atrix with at&t versus the bionic. Atrix has a gig of ram but isn't anything close to the smoothness of the bionic. If you want a lesser camera and overall glitchier phone then by all means go get your 1 gig of ram.

7.douglasman (unregistered)

8.MOTOX (unregistered)

Hey just saying, nothing if final, these are all prototypes which will be put into production. As one verizon guy said, he doesn't think that sammy phone will be put into production until its changed....i mean true...its wiered...they should have made it a curved shape, not pointed...and it didn't look final...maybe they will put in another 512 ram....and cmon...it has the better blur skin...plus come on the moto x...i have has docks...this thing has to have the atrix docks too...!!!...im getting this and the thunderbolt...

Wow the ATRIX 4G stole the show, just wow thats a powerhouse of a phone, plus its new features may change some of the ways we use phones, imagine holding all your PC needs in the palm of your hand(you guys know tha what I mean by all it's just some basics :p)? And getting it on a "netbook"in a couple of secs? Or even better. carry the cradle and use any mouse monitor and keyboard for your amusement .... that's using the head moto looking forward both review and purchase, just don't forget we need updates faster, and overall better support (and the same exploit for root ;p)

10.dakid (unregistered)

i am severely disappointed with bb, yes the playbook is going to be awesome, but some of us out here aren't going to be able to utilize the pb with our current phones and it with no new phones at CES(yet) we are left wondering, what is going on and when is something coming out.
it seems that the only thing that can save them is if they come out with at least 3 new phones for every carrier that has 4G, bb6 os, or the new qnx, and smokes everything out there now and in the future.
come on bb help us out to not make the jump to android, i'm from Missouri, SHOW ME!!!

13.hz (unregistered)

Why all 4.3" screens? No 3.7" or 4" even? The bulkiness really is going to hold back those going for a sleek and sophisticated look. The 4.3 inchers will attract the high school, college and gaming crowd though.

I would just like a cutting edge verizon phone that isn't as big as a dinner plate.

MOTOROLA ATRIX IS PERFECT
-screen size is great
-1 gig of RAM
-front facing camera
-dual-core processor
-16 gb built in storage (expandable to 32)
-design is great
-I know it is mostly plastic, but i looks like when you drop it the screen will not
crack, unlike the iPhone
-Yes is has motoblur but when you use the right widgets it is fine.
(i personally cant live with out a physical keyboard but i will still try this phone just becasue i love it)

i was thinking about getting the motorola flipside, but that phone does not even compare to the ATRIX,
cant wait for it to come out.

20.manaka (unregistered)

24.Hazel (unregistered)

Would still go with HTC because of HTC Sense. Plus, reportedly, the Droid Incredible literally saved a man's life a few days ago. I love the aluminum body and the premium weight--- basically everything except the absence of a Super AMOLED screen. Something I can sacrifice as a smartphone isn't all about looks the same way a person shouldn't be all about looks either.

35.Bonita (unregistered)

All these phones r nice, it is hard which one to choose when they hit stores.
Also which one has the best operating system? andrioid is ok., although i find it lags with most phones. and im over itunes which you need to use for iphones plus there are heaps better phones then iphones now..

36.Nickhp (unregistered)

Lol at all these comments, i bet almost all of them are from America, u guys dont knw sh1t about phones. Nokia have the best phones when it comes to durability, access, openness. Nokia has so many features on their phones, infrared, FM Transmitter, high end Camera, front camera, and lets not forget about the speakers, so loud, clear n crisp. Ohhhhhh almost forgot to mention The free in built Navigator that blows even most standalone navigators out of the water. ATT rips u off with pay as u go but thats coz u have an iphone so thats ok right? N8 has the first 3.0 bluetooth, HDMI port and the best camera on the market. The funny part is that the N8 is not even Nokia's high end phone and yet it puts all the others to shame, there is the n9 coming out and the more funny thing about that, neither that is gonna b nokia's high end model because nokia is planning on releasing the New S series. America is based and biased on media marketing, trust me when a phone spends more money on market campaigns than the actual phone, it usually turns out BAD.

37.nokia phone 1 (unregistered)

yall quit talking about the nokia it is probobly the best flip phone cell phone brand out there so yall shut yourself and your mother up even though i have the new mytouch 4g but i used to have a nokia flip phone

39.hackademic (unregistered)

40.ChrisW (unregistered)

I have had nokias forever, i currently have the N95 and my contract is up for renewal in a month or two. I am seriously considering something other than a Nokia. im just fed up with their glitchiness and bugs. Ive not had one single nokia that worked fautlessly until i changed it, they all bug out. My current has no lock/unlock button cos it fell off, doesnt put pictures in the picture viewer, changes ringtones on its own, lags and has the smallest phone memory in the world....note i didnt say storage cos it has 32gb. No im talking about sim/phone memory..i constantly have to delete cahce and msgs.

im just a bit sick of nokias now tbh. Will prob get Galaxy s2 or iPhone

41.A214 (unregistered)

What can i say. Most of the phone with android are similar however there are a few that when you hold them in your hands just feel right. EX. Droid X, Htc Evo, LG Optimus 2x. When you browse the phone some of the other phones don't respond as well as other, in terms of that i can say that the EVO is very good as well at the other ones above. I am not a carrier hater or lover but i am not going to pay an eyeball for a service that i can provably get for cheaper & works properly. For me a phone consist of two factors: Hardware & software. Most of the 2011 phones are extremely powerful with dual core processors, 1gb ram, dual graphics, 8mp camera and so on but the software is as important as the hardware because if you have the best phone in terms of hardware but you have a shitty OS, market place, app store it would be meaningless to have it. Android is expanding rapidly however they are not close of catching their nemesis Apple App Store. Many verizon's customers switched phones to the iphone 4 even though the phone is not as powerful as htc, motorola,samsung phone & that's because of the apple app store. As a conclusion if you are looking to get a phone always check for both hardware & software. Google & youtube are your friends.

42.Nyzo (unregistered)

Nokia sux, their camera had high megapixels but low quality images, that if know images arent just megapixels. Their phones always out of memory, sluggish and some time Nokia phones just dont call or connect to network for days, if you put the sim card into another phone you will find out its an unknown Nokia phone problem, not to mention the awful battery life.

btw, Nokia dropped Meego project and signed with WP7... another fall for nokia, another tool to dig Nokia's grave. which is A FITTING JUDGEMENT.

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